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Taliban say targeting Afghan provincial cities in retaliation for US aerial raids
Aug 06, 2021 03:58The Taliban have switched strategy from targeting rural areas of Afghanistan to attacking provincial cities in response to increased US airstrikes across the war-ravaged country, militant sources say.
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Afghanistan’s insecurity rooted in foreign plots: President Raeisi
Aug 05, 2021 10:08President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the current state of insecurity in Afghanistan is rooted in foreign plots, stressing that security must be established only by the regional countries.
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Heavy blast hits Afghanistan’s acting defense minister
Aug 05, 2021 05:29A huge truck bomb blast hit the residence of Afghanistan’s acting Defense Minister General Besmellah Mohammadi.
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Taliban claim attack on defense min. residence, warn of more raids on govt. officials
Aug 04, 2021 06:31The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Afghan defense minster’s house in the capital, Kabul, threatening to carry out more attacks against top government officials.
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Powerful blasts rock Kabul; Afghan Defense Minister's house targeted
Aug 04, 2021 04:50The Afghan capital of Kabul has been rocked by coordinated strikes targeting the country’s defense minister and several lawmakers, leaving a number of civilian casualties amid an upturn in violence between the Taliban militant group and government forces.
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Afghan president: We have plan to restore stability in country in six months
Aug 02, 2021 11:21Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani says Kabul has a plan to restore stability in the country in six months despite the fast-deteriorating security situation.
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Rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, all flights suspended
Aug 01, 2021 07:34The Taliban have fired rockets at a key airport in southern Afghanistan causing flight cancelations, and declaring that the attack was meant to thwart airstrikes by Afghan government forces on the militants' positions.
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One killed in attack on UN compound in western Afghanistan
Jul 31, 2021 02:36At least one Afghan security guard has been killed as “anti-government elements” attacked the main United Nations compound in western Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says.
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Russia, two other states to hold joint drills near Afghanistan
Jul 28, 2021 02:16The Russian military has announced that more than 1,500 troops from Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are scheduled to take part in joint drills next month near the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban militant group has over the past month ramped up offensives against Afghan government forces to seize further territory.
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Taliban promoting extremism, paving way for Daesh in Afghanistan: Atmar
Jul 27, 2021 02:41Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar warned that the activities of the Taliban in his country would aggravate extremism and prepare the ground for notorious terrorist groups such as Daesh in the region.